Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

After receiving enlightenment from His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Chengxin left thoughtfully.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu continued to leave the palace and report for duty at the Honglu Temple.

"Your Highness, have you been coming here too often recently..." - In the Honglu Temple, when Tang Jian saw His Highness the Prince of Chu appearing before him, the prairie in his heart was galloping for who knows how many times: "Really... Your Highness... The Honglu Temple does not have many government affairs, and I can handle it alone..."

"You can handle it, you can handle it..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said unhappily, "Let me ask you, after we open up trade with the northwestern countries, how long do we plan to attack India?"

"This... I haven't discussed this with Your Majesty yet?" Tang Jian replied somewhat embarrassedly.

"Two years is enough time for Tubo, Tuyuhun and Xueyantuo to recuperate and restore their fighting power." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said as he came to Tang Jian's seat.

And Tang Jian... naturally stood up respectfully and let the king take a seat.

"Go and bring the two envoys from Western Turkestan to me!" After His Royal Highness the King of Chu sat down, he immediately started to get down to business.

“Well…” Tang Jian didn’t disbelieve in His Royal Highness Prince Chu’s ability, but… His Royal Highness Prince Chu’s ability was sometimes too outstanding, so that most of the time, he, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, seemed to be eclipsed in front of him…

What, you said that it doesn’t fade away sometimes. Why?

That... naturally, it was when Lord Tang was used as bait by His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu...

Closer to home.

Soon, two envoys from Western Turkic arrived at the lobby and met His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who was particularly irritable today.

"Your servant Ashina Nishu--" The envoy representing Siyehu Khan respectfully bowed down before His Majesty the King of Chu.

"Your servant Ashina Nihe..." Upon seeing this, the envoy of Yibi Shekui Khan also followed suit and saluted respectfully to His Majesty the King of Chu.

"——Here we go to meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" The two of them saluted in unison, appearing particularly imposing.

"Alright, stop being so formal with me." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had no intention of beating around the bush like he had done to Lu Dongzan and the others. He came here today to cut off the opponent's midfield: "Ashina Nihe, you are quite brave, aren't you? How dare you beat up my beloved relatives and trusted retainers?!"

“Your Highness…I really didn’t fight back…” Ashina Nihe would get angry whenever he thought of this incident: “Really…Your Highness…I just cursed back at the other person, and then my eyes went dark and I didn’t know anything…When I woke up again, I was already in the stable…”

"..." Although His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is an unreasonable person, but after he heard what Na Ni He said, to be honest... His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's noble character will not allow him to continue to make up stories and kill people unjustly.

"Okay..." Thinking of this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu decided to be magnanimous for once: "Let's just forget about this matter!"

"Your Highness... Thank you!" Although Ashina Nihe was already furious, he was still forced to put on a look of gratitude. He suddenly leaned over and knelt on the ground: "Your Highness's benevolence is like the bright moon on the grassland, noble and flawless, shining in my heart..."

"..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at Ashina Nihe, who had elevated his flattery skills to an artistic act, and he had only one thought in his mind.

This child cannot be kept!

Damn it... can you be so tolerant?

Well then, you bastard, since you have successfully aroused my interest!

Then Western Turkestan... you are destined not to be able to return...

"Your Highness, the Prince of Chu, such traitors are naturally eloquent, you must not be fooled by their words!" - Just when His Highness was thinking about how to keep Ashina Nihe, Ashina Nishu beside him suddenly said, "I think your friends and retainers are all people of high moral character, how could they take the initiative to find an opportunity to cause trouble? It must be Ashina Nihe who took the initiative to provoke, and the latter was enraged, which led to the conflict!"

“Hmm…” His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was very embarrassed now.

Because just when Ashina Nishu said the words "high moral character and integrity", the faces of his friends and retainers flashed through his mind, and after all these flashes, the only ones who stayed in his mind were Dou Shu'er and the others...

Ahem... that's really unworthy...

"Don't waste those good words..." After Ashina Nishu finished speaking, His Royal Highness the King of Chu waved his hand casually, indicating that the matter was over. But then he continued, "I called you two here today not because of the previous conflict, but because I want to know, if the Tang Dynasty wants to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Western Turks, who among you should represent the Western Turks?"

"Your Highness, it is of course Siyehu Khan!" Upon hearing this, Ashina Nishu suddenly stood up from the ground: "Siyehu Khan -"

“——Did I ask you to stand up?!” In the lobby, His Royal Highness the King of Chu’s face suddenly turned gloomy when he saw this scene.

"Your Highness! I was rude, please forgive me!" After His Highness the King of Chu finished speaking, Ashina Nishu almost didn't think much, and he knelt on the ground again in an instant. In order to show his respect, he even kowtowed heavily to His Highness the King of Chu: "I was in a hurry and lost my manners..."

"..." In the lobby, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who thought that the other party's behavior was justified, ignored Ashina Nishu at all. Instead, he casually picked up the official document on the table and flipped through it, then threw it aside and continued to get new documents.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's actions clearly showed that he wanted the two people below to understand the situation clearly.

The Tang Dynasty is no longer what it used to be!

On the other hand, as an old man who had lived through the Sui Dynasty, Tang Jian had actually experienced the era when the Sui Dynasty was majestic and powerful, but...

But this giant of the Sui Dynasty eventually stumbled towards its own grave under the leadership of Yang Guang, the incompetent Sui Emperor.

After the giant fell, the majesty of the Central Plains Dynasty in the surrounding countries also disappeared.

So Tang Jian never thought that now, only ten years after the founding of the country, that towering giant seemed to have returned again!

But now its name is Datang!

All of this... stems from the great achievements that His Royal Highness the King of Chu made in the northwest...

Looking at the bored and lazy noble young man beside him, the balance that Tang Jian had always kept in his heart had unknowingly begun to tilt irreversibly...

As time passed, Ashina Nihe, who was originally watching the show of his enemy, gradually felt the pressure like a mountain and began to silently raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

As for Ashina Nishu, the real culprit, after bowing, he pressed his head against the ground and did not dare to raise it for a long time.

Later on, even Tang Jian realized that something was wrong.

When he turned his gaze back to His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, who was playing with the objects on the table, for some reason, this old man, who had gone through the war years with Emperor Li Yuan at the end of the Sui Dynasty, suddenly realized something.

Although His Royal Highness the King of Chu only holds the title of King, at this moment, he has truly begun to "be as heroic as his father" - just in his gestures, he can show what "the power of heaven is unpredictable" means...

Thinking of this, Tang Jian slowly closed his eyes.

If one day in the future... the Crown Prince... the King of Chu...

After a moment, Tang Jian slowly opened his eyes again, and gradually the answer came to his mind.